1888 Detroit Wolverines season

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The 1888 Detroit Wolverines finished the season with a 68–63 record, finishing in fifth place in the National League. After the season, the ownership, having lost so much money on the team, disbanded the team and sold off the players.

LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
Record68–63 (.519)
OwnerFrederick K. Stearns
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1888 Detroit Wolverines
LeagueNational League
BallparkRecreation Park
CityDetroit, Michigan
Record68–63 (.519)
League place5th
OwnerFrederick K. Stearns
ManagersBill Watkins, Robert Leadley
← 1887
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Regular season

1888 Detroit Wolverines

Season standings

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National League
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
New York Giants 8447 .641 — 44‍–‍23 40‍–‍24
Chicago White Stockings 7758 .570 9 43‍–‍27 34‍–‍31
Philadelphia Quakers 6961 .531 14½ 37‍–‍29 32‍–‍32
Boston Beaneaters 7064 .522 15½ 36‍–‍30 34‍–‍34
Detroit Wolverines 6863 .519 16 40‍–‍26 28‍–‍37
Pittsburgh Alleghenys 6668 .493 19½ 37‍–‍30 29‍–‍38
Indianapolis Hoosiers 5085 .370 36 31‍–‍35 19‍–‍50
Washington Nationals 4886 .358 37½ 26‍–‍38 22‍–‍48
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Record vs. opponents

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1888 National League record

Sources:
Team BSN CHI DET IND NYG PHI PIT WAS
Boston —7–1210–8–111–98–129–1010–8–215–5
Chicago 12–7—10–1014–611–8–18–109–1113–6
Detroit 8–10–110–10—11–87–11–211–710–1011–7
Indianapolis 9–116–148–11—5–144–136–1412–8–1
New York 12–88–11–111–7–214–5—14–5–110–7–215–4–1
Philadelphia 10–910–87–1113–45–14–1—14–6–110–9
Pittsburgh 8–10–211–910–1014–67–10–26–14–1—10–9
Washington 5–156–137–118–12–14–15–19–109–10—
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Roster

1888 Detroit Wolverines
Roster
Pitchers

Catchers

 Infielders Outfielders Manager

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CCharlie Bennett7425868.264529
1BDan Brouthers129522160.307966
2BHardy Richardson5826677.289632
SSJack Rowe105451125.277274
3BDeacon White125527157.298471
OFCount Campau7025151.203118
OFLarry Twitchell131524128.244567
OFNed Hanlon109459122.266539
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Charlie Ganzel9538696.249146
Sam Thompson5623867.282640
Sy Sutcliffe4919149.257023
Ted Scheffler279419.20204
Parson Nicholson248522.25919
Jake Wells16579.15802
Deacon McGuire3130.00000
Sam LaRocque294.44402
Barney Gilligan151.20000
Frank Scheibeck140.00000
Cal Broughton140.00000
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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G IP W L ERA SO
Pretzels Getzien46404.019253.05202
Pete Conway45391.030142.26176
Henry Gruber27240.011142.2971
Ed Beatin12107.0572.8644
Lady Baldwin653.0335.4326
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Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

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Player G W L SV ERA SO
Larry Twitchell20016.753
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